SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

NEW ZEALAND BOARD OF SCIENCE AND ART

The following are obtainable from the GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT at Wellington and Christchurch or through the Chief Post Offices at Auckland and Dunedin.

Bulletin No. 1.—NEW ZEALAND BROWN COALS, with Special Reference to their Use in Gas-producers. By H. RAND, M.A., B.S.c., and W. O. R. GILLING, M.A., B.Sc., National Research Scholars, Education Department. Price, 2s. Postage, 2d.

Bulletin No. 2.—HISTORY OF THE PORTOBELLO MARINE FISH-HATCHERY. By the Hon. GEO. M. THOMSON, M.L.C., F.L.S., F.N.Z.Inst. Illustrated. Price, 7s. 6d. Paper cover, Postage, 3d.

Manual No. 6.—PLACE NAMES OF BANKS PENINSULA. By J. C. ANDERSEN. Cloth, 13s. 6d. Postage, 9d.

Manual No. 7.—BRACHIPOD MORPHOLOGY. By the late Dr. J. A. THOMSON. Cloth, 17s. Postage, 1s.

FOREST SERVICE PUBLICATIONS

The following New Zealand Forest Service Publications are now on sale from the Publications Branch, Government Printing and Stationery Department at Wellington and Christchurch or through the Chief Post Offices at Auckland and Dunedin.

Price. Per Copy. Postage. s. d. s. d.
Monograph of New Zealand Beech Forests, Part 1, by Cockayne 4 0 0 2
Monograph of New Zealand Beech Forests, Part 2, by Cockayne 2 6 0 2
Accounting in the Timber Industry, by A. T. Jewell 7 6 0 4
Pulping and Papermaking Properties of Selected New Zealand Woods, by Hutchins 2 6 0 3
Some New Zealand Woods, by Garrett 1 0 0 2
Small Sawmills: Their Erection and Management 1 6 0 2
Diploodia Pinea in New Zealand, by T. T. C. Birch 1 9 0 2
A Phomopsis Disease of Conifers, by T. T. C. Birch 1 9 0 2
Fixation of the Dunes of Gascony 0 6 0 2
Elementary Forest Mensuration, by A. D. McKinnon 0 6 0 2
Overseas Timber Production and Wood-using Industries, by N. J. Dolamore 1 0 0 2
Forest Taxation in Europe and New Zealand, by M. B. Grainger 5 9 0 3
Insignis Pine: Its Use as a Building Timber, by J. S. Reid 1 0 0 2
The Trees of New Zealand, by Cockayne and Turner 12 0 Post free
The Principles of Wood Preservation, by Smith and Carr 6 9 0 2
The Physical and Mechanical Properties of New Zealand Woods, by A. R. Entrican, W. C. Ward, and J. S. Reid 18 6 Post free

PUBLIC SERVICE CLASSIFICATION LIST 1953

Being a list of persons employed on the Permanent Staff of the Public Service as at 1 April 1953. Now available, price 65s. per copy, plus 1s. postage.

NOTE: This publication is no longer issued as a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette.

THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN NEW ZEALAND

A survey of social security in New Zealand from 1898 to 1949, and the most comprehensive work on the subject yet published in this country.

Of 180 pages, the book is divided into three parts—cash benefits, health benefits, and finance. Each subject is dealt with in detail and there is a comprehensive index.

The book will undoubtedly be of considerable interest to those interested in social security and social services, and will be especially valuable to University students.

All orders to— GOVERNMENT PRINTER WELLINGTON Retail price: 6s. per copy.

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NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

MOAS AND MOA-HUNTERS

THE FRENCH AT AKAROA

By T. LINDSAY BUICK, F.R.Hist.S. Price, 12s. 6d. Postage, 7d.

NEW ZEALAND WARS

By JAMES COWAN. Vol. II. Price £1 1s. Postage, 8d. per volume.

NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST WAR

By T. LINDSAY BUICK. Price 15s. Postage 7d.

ROYALTY IN NEW ZEALAND

DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE OF THE VISIT OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL AND YORK. (1902.) Royal 4to. Price, 10s. Postage, 1s. 2d.

ROYALTY IN NEW ZEALAND

SPECIAL PICTORIAL SOUVENIR 1927. Price, 2s. 6d. Postage, 3d.

BOTANICAL DISCOVERY IN NEW ZEALAND

THE RESIDENT BOTANISTS

THE VISITING BOTANIST

By W. R. B. OLIVER. Price, 1s. 6d. per copy. Postage, 2d. By Roger DUFF. Price, 1s. 6d. per copy. Postage, 2d.

DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURERS 1950

Price, 10s. per copy.

HOUSING POLICY

Summary of Government measures designed to promote housing and financial assistance available to home-seekers. Price, 1s. per copy. Postage, 2d.

Bulletin No. 9.—THE MAORI SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. Price, 12s. 6d. Postage, 1s.

Bulletin No. 10.—MAORI MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION.

An account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, mythology, religious beliefs, and practices of our Maori folk. By E LSDON BEST. Price, 10s. 6d. Postage, 1s.

Bulletin No. 12.—FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI. By E LSDON BEST, F.N.Z.Inst. Price: Cloth covers, 11s. 6d. Postage, 1s.; paper covers, 9s., postage, 10d.

Bulletin No. 13.—The WHARE KOHANGA (THE “NEST HOUSE”) AND ITS LORE: Comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c., contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu Tribe of the North Island of New Zealand. By E LSDON BEST, F.N.Z.Inst. Price: Cloth covers, 4s., postage 4d.; paper covers, 2s. 6d., postage, 2d.

Dominion Museum Monographs: Interesting Series. By E LSDON BEST, F.N.Z.Inst., the well-known authority on Maori life, institutions, and customs.

No. 1.—SOME ASPECTS OF MAORI MYTH AND RELIGION. (Out of print.)

No. 2.—SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE MAORI. Price, 1s. Postage, 2d.

No. 3.—ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAORI. Price, 1s. 6d. Postage, 2d.

No. 4.—MAORI DIVISION OF TIME. Price, 1s. Postage, 2d.

No. 5.—POLYNESIAN VOYAGES. (Out of print.)

No. 6.—THE MAORI SCHOOL OF LEARNING. Price, 1s. Postage, 2d.

No. 7.—BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED MAORI to 1900. By HERBERT W. WILLIAMS, M.A. Price, 6s. Postage, 9d.

No. 7A.—SUPPLEMENT TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED MAORI to 1900. By HERBERT W. WILLIAMS, M. A. Price, 9d. Postage, 2d.

No. 8.—MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES. By W. J. PHILLIPPS. Price 18s. Post free.

THE TREES OF NEW ZEALAND

By L. COCKAYNE and E. PHILLIPS TURNER Price, 12s. per copy

MAORI HOUSES AND FOOD STORES

By W. J. PHILLIPPS Price 18s. Postage free.